The Australian Red Cross workers get visas for Burma | SEVEN Red Cross aid workers, including four Australians, have received visas to enter cyclone-hit Burma. Australian Michael Annear, regional disaster response coordinator who has been in Burma since... (photo: creative commons)
The Australian 'Time to talk to Taliban' | A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurgent Taliban are politically eng... (photo: AP Photo )
The Australian Foreigners feel the heat in China | BUSINESS people in China, especially in Beijing where about 250,000 foreigners live, are facing ever tightening controls as the Olympic Games approach on August 8. | The protests surrounding the int... (photo: AP Photo / Greg Baker) BusinessChinaOlympicsPhotosTourism
The Manila Times Oil nears $125 per barrel; OPEC says 'no shortage' | SINGAPORE: The oil price struck a fresh record high for the fifth straight day, zooming toward $125 dollars a barrel on Friday after the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel i... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) OpecPetroleumPhotosPriceSingapore
The Australian Grevillea robusta | Sap is pouring like candle wax from one spot on the trunk of my otherwise healthy Grevillea robusta. Why? What should I do? | (Harry Armytage, Canberra) | This is the t... (photo: Public Domain ) EnvironmentFlowersInsectsNaturePhotos
The Australian Ford's loss worst in 17 years | FORD Australia has announced an $87 million loss for fiscal 2007 -- its worst result in 17 years -- on the eve of its new Falcon going on sale. | Net revenue of $3.3 bi... (photo: AP Photo / M. Spencer Green) AustraliaBusinessCompanyMarketPhotos
The Australian UN savages Burma junta over bans | THE UN blasted Burma's military junta yesterday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers was "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, even as survi... (photo: AP / Martial Trezzini) AidBurmaCycloneDisasterPhotos
The Australian Berlusconi's back on top | SILVIO Berlusconi has taken the reins of power in Italy for the third time at a swearing-in ceremony before President Giorgio Napolitano in Quirinal Palace. | The new "... (photo: EC) ElectionsItalyPhotosPoliticsSociety
International Herald Tribune Spotlight: Sebastian Coe | : Two years ago, Sebastian Coe helped London win the privilege of staging the 2012 Olympic Games with his tireless campaigning. That was just the beginning of his journ... (photo: AP ) BritainGamesLondonOlympicPhotos
